Anyone ever replace pads on one wheel, but not the other?

Yes. And plan to do so again, if it happens. My wife's car likes to eat a brake pad. One pad. They get rust jacking and will wear one inner while the other 3 on the rear axle are ok. [The other side is never far behind.] So... one set of new pads will let me do this a couple of times I figure. Just waste of money to replace all 4 when the rest have piles of material left.

I am trying to be more diligent about breaking loose everything; I used to do this twice a year, but have been lazy the last few and have only done this in the spring. If I had a lift maybe I would go through the bakes more often... sure would make tire rotations easier (or for my wife's car, possible--I lost my spare set of wheels a couple of years ago).
 
Waaaaayyyy back in the last century I worked at a place that supported mostly heavy trucking (i.e. dump trucks). It was common like when an axle seal blew and brake [shoes] were ruined by gear oil and such for just one side to be replaced.

Anecdote, one dude I knew worked on trash trucks (Smelly, but paid good), he said they all got new brakes at least once a month.
Ya they only sell hd truck parts like that per wheel. Not per axle.
 
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